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KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress' next move over Singur remained undecided on Friday, a day after party leader Mamata Banerjee broke her 25-day hunger strike. But Mamata's arch rival CPIM isn't sitting idle. On Friday, CPIM held its secretariat meeting to finalise strategies to handle Singur development, especially in the wake of the end of fast by Mamata Banerjee. For starters, CPIM has asked its legislative wing to initiate measures to send an all-party delegation to Singur to assess the situation there.

KOLKATA: West Bengal transport minister and CPIM stalwart Subhas Chakraborty passed away on Monday at a hospital in Salt Lake. He was 68 and is survived by his wife and son. Chakraborty, who had been battling cancer for more than a year, was admitted to hospital on July 27 with pneumonitis and a low blood platelet count. He was put on ventilator on Sunday evening and expired on Monday at about 11.35 am. His death has created a void in the state CPIM and virtually every political party, industrialists, sportspersons and people from all walks of life condoled his death.

KOLKATA: The CPI(M) will analyse the forthcoming Upa-left deliberations on october 22 on the nuclear deal when the 'real intention' of prime minister Manmohan Singh on the 123 agreement would be known, a top party leader has said. CPI(M) politburo member Biman Bose said, i will not comment on what the prime minister said yesterday. whether his attitude is soft or rigid on the nuclear deal will be known on October 22. CPI(M) has decided to defer its politburo meeting in new delhi slated for october 18 to take a stand on the nuclear issue and a new date would be announced later, he was today quoted by party mouthpiece 'Ganasakti' as saying.

KOLKATA: Notwithstanding West Bengal Chief Minister Budddhadeb Bhattacherjee's assertion that talks to resolve Singur imbroglio should be held without the pre-condition of return of 400 acres, his party CPI(M) today said it could be discussed. "Even if we accept for the sake of argument that the quantum of disputed land is 400 acres, the matter should be discussed across the table," said CPI(M) state secretary, Biman Bose. "Among the unwilling farmers at Singur there are some who are co-sharers of the land for which consent has also been given," he said.

KOLKATA: For the first time in his long political career, uncertainty hangs over veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu's using his franchise on Wednesday. This is not because of any other reason but poor health. CPIM sources said on Monday that Basu is very eager to cast his vote despite his broken health. "Basu had expressed his desire to cast his vote when state party secretary Biman Bose visited his home recently. Basu had also requested Bose to help him to use his franchise," a senior state party leader said on Monday.

KOLKATA: Lokpal and Land Acquisition Bill besides an outline of the draft political resolution on the guidelines for the party congress in Kerala in 2012 will be discussed at the one-day CPI-M politburo meeting here today. "The draft political resolution on the guidelines for next year's party congress in Kerala will be outlined," CPI(M) All India General Secretary Prakash Karat said before the meeting commenced in the party's state headquarters here. Politburo member and CPI(M)

KOLKATA: West Bengal CPI(M) is more concerned about the 2008 panchayat elections rather than the mid-term Lok Sabha polls, if any. This might happen once the Left parties and the Congress fail to reach any amicable solution and overcome their stand-off over the Indo-US civic nuclear deal. The CPI(M) state committee will meet on October 5 to take stock of its party units at the block and district levels, which will have to play a crucial role in the 2008 panchayat polls.

KOLKATA: The Congress should take a flexible stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal and closely consider the implications of tying the Hyde Act with the deal, senior CPI-M leader and politburo member Biman Bose said on Sunday. Saying the "ball is now in the Congress' court", Bose told reporters, "We do not want to be a party to any deal that sacrifices the nation's interest. "The Congress should not demonstrate an unrelenting attitude. What we are saying is in the interest of the country.

KOLKATA: In the backdrop of the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal , a Left Front delegation will submit a memorandum to the President and Prime Minister on May 9 to press for a CBI enquiry into it. The delegation will be led by senior CPI(M) leader Surya Kanta Mishra who is the Leader of the Opposition, Left Front chairman Biman Bose told reporters today. Bose declined to give further details on the matter. CPI(M) sources, however, said that the delegation will inform the President and Prime Minister about ground realities of the multi-crore chit fund scam and the political scenario in the state.

KOLKATA: The CPI-M today took strong exception to what it said leak of the Union Home Minister's letter to the media before it reached its addressee, the chief minister, today, describing it as 'unthinkable'. "The way the letter, which has reached the state government after 11 o'clock today, has been leaked to media is unthinkable and uncalled for," CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose told reporters here "How can this happen?" Bose wondered saying the contents of the letter were the same as leaked to the media.